Academics

Courses offered:

GEOPHYS 135: The Energy-Water Nexus (EARTHSCI 135)Energy,water, and food are our most vital resources constituting a tightly intertwined network: energy production requires water, transporting and treating water needs energy, producing food requires both energy and water. The course is an introduction to learn specifically about the links between energy and water. Students will look first at the use of water for energy production, then at the role of energy in water projects, and finally at the challenge in figuring out how to keep this relationship as sustainable as possible. Students will explore case examples and are encouraged to contribute examples of concerns for discussion as well as suggest a portfolio of sustainable energy options. Quarter: SPRING

GEOPHYS 162: Laboratory Methods in Geophysics Lab. Types of equipment used in experimental rock physics. Principles and measurements of geophysical properties such as porosity, permeability, acoustic wave velocity, and resistivity through lectures and laboratory experiments. Training in analytical project writing skills and understanding errors for assessing accuracy and variability of measured data. Students may investigate a scientific problem to support their own research. Prerequisites: Physics 45(Light and Heat); and CME 100 (Vector Calculus). Quarter: AUTUMN

GEOPHYS 385N: Experimental Rock PhysicsResearch on the use of laboratory geophysical methods for the characterization of the physical properties of rocks and their response to earth stresses, temperature, and rock-fluid interactions. May be repeated for credit. Quarters: AUTUMN, WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER